MLT Club Member Tim Arnold
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Even though this wasn’t the type of music I normally listened to when I was younger, I have always liked this song just for the groovy bassline. For the Aquarius part of the song the bass is outstanding but when they go into the Let The Sunshine In part I think it becomes maybe the coolest bass line ever recorded in pop music. I always thought it was the great Wrecking Crew bassist Carol Kaye that played it but the description in the video says it was Joe Osborn from Mound Louisiana. There is a great documentary on YouTube about that group of musicians that played on literally hundreds of the great records of the 60’s. I think even Carol says she played this bassline (I could be wrong, just going by a weak memory, I may have to watch that documentary again) but the fact was so many great players were used during studio recordings and they did so many takes of the songs that sometimes they couldn’t be sure which artist’s take actually was used on the finished record. A very interesting documentary. No matter who is acually playing the bass it is one of the coolest and maybe my favorite. https://youtu.be/vbCH5lnZ6sA?feature=shared
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Jung, here’s another great tune driven by a great bassline. It’s odd that the Dutch band Golden Earring had only two big hits in a career that spanned over 50 years, but they were two of the best (imo) rock n roll songs ever. Great song to listen to on a road cruise. https://youtu.be/te31-9r0K_w?feature=shared
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Thanks Bud, yeah they were very good singers and appeared on TV a lot during the 70’s. It almost seems I can remember Billy and Marilyn having their own show at some point, maybe one of those summer replacement shows they aired when the regular shows were on break. Anyways, good to hear they are still around and together and still enjoy making music. I may have to look for their Beatles covers, take care.
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That’s interesting Jacki, I hope the lady that plays that everyday has ear plugs, that would be loud. There’s something really cool about using heavy machinery and equipment to play music. Gives a new meaning to the term “heavy metal”.
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Hi Jung, I love the power of those big pipe organs. I’ve heard back in the silent movie days they would use those organs in the big theatres to set the mood of the different scenes in the movie, sort of like a live soundtrack. I would have loved to heard that. I bet the right notes at the right time could make you jump out of your seat. So cool.
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I enjoyed that one Chris, That girl is very talented with a beautiful smooth voice. I never heard of her before but she is very good, the whole band is good.
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Jurgen, I’m right with you as far as what I enjoyed growing up. I was never a fan of funk music or any bands with horns in them. I mostly enjoyed the harder, driving, rock n roll, but there were exceptions. Some of the Rolling Stones albums had horns on them and I really liked the Edgar Winter Group and Edgar played the saxophone on some songs. I guess I’ve mellowed out in my old age and enjoy just seeing really good musicians no matter what instrument they play. I’m still not a fan of bands like Earth, Wind and Fire but I can appreciate how good they are at their craft.
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Hi Jurgen, That bass player is really good and fun to watch. The guitar player is pretty good also, funky music is right.
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David, Airplane is the first thing that comes to my mind when I hear Stayin’ Alive. What a classic comedy movie. I guess I learned about music from my older brothers and sisters. A couple older sisters played piano and accordian and loved gospel music. My oldest brother Bud played guitar and liked Johnny Cash. My brother Denny played guitar and loved Elvis and Waylon Jennings. Brother Rod played bass in the family band and liked The Mamas and Papas and Charlie Pride. My brother Tom could play any instrument and loved CCR, Hank Williams, John Denver and everything else and he could play it all. My two youngest sisters, still 5 years older than me loved the Beatles and Simon and Garfunkel. I wished my sister Nita was alive to hear Mona and Lisa, she loved singing harmony with the boys and loved the bands that could really harmonize. She would absolutely love MLT. I guess I had a lot of music influences and nowdays there really isn’t any music that I don’t like so bring on the ABBA and Bee Gees.
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I absolutely hated the disco craze back then. Luckily I had a stereo at home and in my car and didn’t have to listen to the radio. I liked the Bee Gees before their disco phase and can’t deny they did blow up the air waves with it. Now days I don’t mind it because it’s not being played 24/7. I even like some of it once in a while. Stayin’ Alive does have a great beat and bassline and the Gibb brothers were among the best at harmonies. Maurice and Robin were twins too even though they looked nothing alike. Good post David, it is a great tune.
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Yeah that’s pretty cool. Says quite a bit about the man to write a song for a kid’s show and bring in the whole band complete with horn section and background singers, and add in the extra talk box. Pretty special. I bet he did influence some young kids with that.
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I agree Chris that Mona is helping out with the bassline. I don’t know if Mona gets enough credit for what she does. When they do a song with Lisa playing and singing lead I like to watch what Mona is doing. The fantastic rhythm playing with just a few added notes, the percussion, blues harp and of course the gorgeous harmonies with just the right oohs and aahs. She is so focused on making the song sound perfect. It’s fun to watch and always makes me smile and often puts a tear in my eye.
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I really like Crimson and Clover and Crystal Blue Persuasion. They definitely influenced a lot of the psychedelic movement in the 60’s. I like Joan Jett’s version of Crimson and Clover too.
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https://youtu.be/qefoXFsUZNE?feature=shared Lol. forgot to add the link.
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Jung, I loved that song and performance straight away. Here’s another one with a great bassline but it takes some strength to focus on the bass with so much fun and beauty going on in the video. I assumed it was Rudolf playing bass but on the cd it lists Michael Mozeth on bass.
